Quick answer
Replacing a pair of lift cables typically costs $180–$350 in Florida, more if a drum, bottom bracket or spring was damaged too. It is part of standard garage door repair.
Lift cables carry the door's weight from the bottom brackets to the drums on the spring shaft. When one frays, snaps or jumps off its drum, the door goes crooked — and continuing to run it bends hardware fast.
On this page
What the price covers
- Two new cables sized for the door
- Inspection of drums, bottom brackets and the spring shaft
- Re-tensioning and re-balancing
- Opener force reset and safety test
Why cables are replaced in pairs
Like springs, cables wear together. Replacing both keeps the door level and avoids a second visit.
Common causes in Florida
Rust at the bottom brackets, where water sits, is the leading cause. Springs losing tension also let cables go slack and jump the drum. See garage door cable broke? what happens next.
Do not attempt it yourself
The bottom bracket is under full spring tension. Loosening it without unwinding the springs is one of the most dangerous DIY mistakes — call for garage door spring repair if both failed.
Where Summit can help
Our technicians handle this every week across South and Southwest Florida. Local pages with scheduling and county details:
- garage door repair Parrish FL
- garage door repair Jupiter FL
- garage door repair Deerfield Beach
- garage door repair Royal Palm Beach
- garage door repair Palmetto Bay
- garage door repair Marco Island